#CarrieAt40: The Beginning by JOHN CONNOLLY

JOHN CONNOLLY On the web: johnconnollybooks.com On Twitter: @jconnollybooks Carrie wasn’t the first Stephen King book that I read. That honour goes to ‘Salem’s Lot, King’s second novel, which I must have read in the late seventies, or 1980 at the latest. (I have a clear memory of a classmate in school pressing The Shining […]

#CarrieAt40: A Regular Guy by ALISON LITTLEWOOD

ALISON LITTLEWOOD On the web: http://www.alisonlittlewood.co.uk On Twitter: @Ali__L I don’t actually remember the first time I read Carrie. I can remember reading it, of course – I’ve done so more than once – but not the when and where. It would have been when I was pretty young, and busy reading everything I could […]

#CarrieAt40: From Film to Book by BOOK GEEK

BOOK GEEK On the web: bookgeeksays.blogspot.co.uk On Twitter: @Book_Geek_Says Stephen King is of course a deity of the horror/suspense/scifi/fantasy fiction world, ok, maybe just of the world in general. I will fully admit that until 2009 I was only aware of SK’s work due to film adaptations. My first experience of which was watching Misery […]

#CarrieAt40: An Evening with Stephen King by KEITH B. WALTERS

KEITH B. WALTERS On the web: http://www.keithbwalters.com On Twitter: @keithbwalters Sections of the following essay are taken from Keith’s book, DARK WORDS: KILLING TIME WITH HORROR FICTION AUTHORS, which is available on Kobo and Amazon Kindle. Surely every one of us is that ‘Constant Reader’. When asked if I could submit a piece of writing […]

GUEST POST: Fathers & The Mothership by NAOMI FOYLE

Name: NAOMI FOYLE Author of: SEOUL SURVIVORS (2013) ASTRA (2014) On the web: naomifoyle.com On Twitter: @naomifoyle To celebrate the recent publication of her second novel, Astra, we are very pleased to welcome Naomi Foyle to Reader Dad. Fathers & the Mothership: Astra and the Evolution of Masculinity Reader Dad – cool theme, I […]

Celebrating #CarrieAt40

April 5th 2014, 40 days from now, marks the 40th anniversary of the original publication of Stephen King’s first novel, Carrie. As a lifelong fan of King’s work, I can’t let this publishing landmark go past without comment. So, to celebrate, I have asked some friends to tell me what Carrie in particular, or the […]

DOCTOR WHO at 50: An Excerpt from BEHIND THE SOFA

BEHIND THE SOFA Edited by Steve Berry Gollancz (www.gollancz.co.uk) £9.99 All author royalties are donated to Alzheimer’s Research UK. Saturday 23rd November 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the world’s longest-running science fiction drama, Doctor Who. As a long-time fan, I thought it would be nice to mark the occasion in some way and, thanks […]

GUEST POST: Questions and Answers by DAVID TOWSEY

Name: DAVID TOWSEY Author of: YOUR BROTHER’S BLOOD (2013) On the web: davidtowsey.blogspot.co.uk On Twitter: @D_Towsey I’m very pleased to welcome David Towsey to Reader Dad, to celebrate the release of his debut novel, Your Brother’s Blood, the first book in his The Walkin’ series. My review of this excellent book will be live on […]

A Newbury & Hobbes 100-Word Short Story by George Mann

THE EXECUTIONER’S HEART: A NEWBURY AND HOBBES INVESTIGATION George Mann (georgemann.wordpress.com) Titan Books (titanbooks.com) £7.99 Released: 12th July 2013 To celebrate the release of George Mann’s latest Newbury and Hobbes novel, The Executioner’s Heart, this coming Friday, 12th July, I’m very pleased to offer you a 100-word short story that George has kindly allowed us […]

GUEST POST: Falling Between the Genre Cracks by MYKE COLE

Name: MYKE COLE Author of: CONTROL POINT (SHADOW OPS 1) (2012) FORTRESS FRONTIER (SHADOW OPS 2) (2013) On the web: mykecole.com On Twitter: @MykeCole To celebrate the publication of his second novel, and the second book in his Shadow Ops series, Fortress Frontier, I am very pleased to welcome Myke Cole back to Reader […]